11-30-2020, 05:43 PM
(11-30-2020, 03:51 PM)Wes Mantooth Wrote: Guess where Sample ranks among all Tight Ends, in the entire NFL, in snaps played?
He ranks 8th. https://www.lineups.com/nfl/snap-counts/tight-end-te-snap-counts
He's had the 8th amount of total snaps played in the league at his postion. This in one of the most pass heavy offenses in the entire league.
He's top 5 in routes run.
Yet his ranks are all 25 or below. Really think about that. This guy is getting ample opportunity yet he does little to nothing.
Are we to believe that he's out there getting open and Joe Burrow just refused to throw it to an open receiver?
Are we to beieve that Zac Taylor has him running routes to not get open?
Or is more plausible that, despite all the work and opportunity, this guy just can't get open very often?
To me this is a scheme issue. Why is he top 5 in routes run when we can’t protect our QB and this guy was supposedly drafted for blocking. It’s blatant misuse of his skill set IMO.
I’d love to see the route tree, because he isn’t running little sit down routes over the middle and he should be. Either that or he is just invisible to Joe which seems unlikely.
There has been little adjustment to the scheme throughout the year and it’s sad. It doesn’t help guys like Sample make a contribution to the team.
